Oldham police officer's relief as jury clear him of stealing from housewife

A police officer has been cleared of stealing £400 from a housewife after he was called to help settle a domestic row. Pc Julian Maynard told a court he had only agreed to act as a courier between the woman and her estranged husband by delivering a cash-filled envelope to him because her son was 'petrified' of his father returning to the house.